The corpse flower usually blooms once every four years in Indonesia, but this time it is unusual because it only bloomed last ...

The flower blooms when the spike in the centre, known as the spadix, experiences a growth spurt which prompts the spathe, or the skirt around the spadix, to open. Once the spathe unravels ...

The spadix is exceedingly variable in form; in the case of Amorphophallus rex it bears a peculiar appendage and a singular spathe ... perigoniate hermaphrodite flower, the presence of endosperm ...

Just like the Amorphophallus titanium, it has a spadix and spathe. When the flower blooms, the plant releases a rotten odour to attract flies and beetles. The western skunk cabbage’s roots have ...